TY - JOUR
T1 - Participatory evaluation of a community-academic partnership to inform capacity-building and sustainability
AU - Tampa Bay Community Cancer Network Community Partners
AU - Simmons, Vani Nath
AU - Klasko, Lynne B.
AU - Fleming, Khaliah
AU - Koskan, Alexis M.
AU - Jackson, Nia T.
AU - Noel-Thomas, Shalewa
AU - Luque, John S.
AU - Vadaparampil, Susan T.
AU - Lee, Ji Hyun
AU - Quinn, Gwendolyn P.
AU - Britt, Lounell
AU - Waddell, Rhondda
AU - Meade, Cathy D.
AU - Gwede, Clement K.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Elsevier Ltd.
PY - 2015/10/1
Y1 - 2015/10/1
N2 - The Tampa Bay Community Cancer Network (TBCCN) was formed as a partnership comprised of committed community based organizations (grassroots, service, health care organizations) and a National Cancer Institute designated cancer center working together to reduce cancer health disparities. Adhering to principles of community-based participatory research, TBCCN's primary aims are to develop and sustain outreach, training, and research programs that aim to reach medically underserved, multicultural and multilingual populations within the Tampa Bay tri-county area. Using a participatory evaluation approach, we recently evaluated the partnerships' priorities for cancer education and outreach; perspectives on the partnerships' adherence to CBPR principles; and suggestions for sustaining TBCCN and its efforts. The purpose of this paper is to describe implementation and outcomes of this participatory evaluation of a community/academic partnership, and to illustrate the application of evaluation findings for partnership capacity-building and sustainability. Our evaluation provides evidence for partners' perceived benefits and realized expectations of the partnership and illustrates the value of ongoing and continued partnership assessment to directly inform program activities and build community capacity and sustainability.
AB - The Tampa Bay Community Cancer Network (TBCCN) was formed as a partnership comprised of committed community based organizations (grassroots, service, health care organizations) and a National Cancer Institute designated cancer center working together to reduce cancer health disparities. Adhering to principles of community-based participatory research, TBCCN's primary aims are to develop and sustain outreach, training, and research programs that aim to reach medically underserved, multicultural and multilingual populations within the Tampa Bay tri-county area. Using a participatory evaluation approach, we recently evaluated the partnerships' priorities for cancer education and outreach; perspectives on the partnerships' adherence to CBPR principles; and suggestions for sustaining TBCCN and its efforts. The purpose of this paper is to describe implementation and outcomes of this participatory evaluation of a community/academic partnership, and to illustrate the application of evaluation findings for partnership capacity-building and sustainability. Our evaluation provides evidence for partners' perceived benefits and realized expectations of the partnership and illustrates the value of ongoing and continued partnership assessment to directly inform program activities and build community capacity and sustainability.
KW - Community assessment
KW - Community networks program
KW - Community-academic partnerships
KW - Health disparities
KW - Participatory evaluation
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U2 - 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2015.03.005
DO - 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2015.03.005
M3 - Article
C2 - 25863014
AN - SCOPUS:84926483372
SN - 0149-7189
VL - 52
SP - 19
EP - 26
JO - Evaluation and Program Planning
JF - Evaluation and Program Planning
ER -